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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Motivating the Weight Loss

I have read many self help books, articles, etc. and have realized the common ground in all is finding out what makes you tick. As much as we want you to look your best and lose weight, there's much more to life than weight loss. It's important to know how to eat properly and to educate yourself on a healthy lifestyle.

We must continue to develop the person inside in order to gain the results we want on the outside. Be thankful for what you have. Do you have a job, house, spouse, car, children, friends, food to eat, nice bed to sleep in, television or credit card? If you have half these things, consider yourself lucky because the majority of the world's population would love to trade places with you.

It takes work and sacrifice to lose weight but you can enjoy the process by maintaining balance. Set days aside for eating your favorite meal with the family or taking that special person out to eat and don't worry about fat and calories.

Develop yourself by investing in others. Ask yourself what you can do to help someone make their world a little better. Develop into the person you want to be by educating yourself and taking care of family and friends.

Life is more than losing weight and fitting a certain image. So put your life in proper perspective and don't make appearance the main focus. Take care of your mind, soul and body. Seize the moment and take firm hold of the responsibilities placed before you.

This journey is worth it in so many ways.

1 comment:

  1. Definitely good advice! I think your outlook on life is something that I want to keep trying to adopt too :)

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